Drava Cycle Path – View of the Drava River loop from Rothenthurn

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Carinthia

Drava Cycle Path – View of the Drava River loop from Rothenthurn

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Drava Cycle Path – View of the Drava River loop from Rothenthurn

06:33

109km

450m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 14, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 14.6 km for 50 m

After 59.8 km for 52 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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14.7 km

Friedhofskirche Teurnia

Archaeological Site

38.9 km

Cycle Path Along the Drau Near Feistritz

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Beautiful cycle route always directly along the Drau.

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40.4 km

Drava Cycle Path

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The Drau Cycle Path runs 510 kilometers along the Drau through Carinthia to the Croatian-Slovenian border near Varaždin. It connects the countries of Italy, Austria and Slovenia. It goes through breathtaking scenery of striking peaks, picturesque towns and different cultures.

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40.7 km

View of the Drava River

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From here you have a good view of the Drava.

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40.9 km

Drava River at Feffernitz

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Quiet and quiet, the Drava meanders through the lower Drautal valley and offers the opportunity to stop off at the Gasthof next to the bike path in Feffernitz.

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52.1 km

Drau

Lake

59.9 km

Burg Villach

Castle

60.2 km

Villach Old Town

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Villach is simply a beautiful city and definitely worth a visit!

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66.6 km

Treffner Bach Cycle Path

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Sometimes you drive in the shade of the trees, which has a very cooling effect in the summer heat.

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69.0 km

View of Landskron Castle

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Landskron Castle is a rock castle northeast of Villach, at the western foot of the Ossiacher Tauern range, on the plateau of a rocky cone that rises 135 m above …

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88.0 km

Töplitsch-Puch cycle bridge

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Thanks to this modern bridge for cyclists and pedestrians, Töplisch is now excellently connected to the Puch train station. Not only the bridge itself is an eye catcher, the view from it is really beautiful!

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109 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

48.7 km

34.8 km

11.9 km

10.4 km

2.62 km

389 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

62.2 km

41.3 km

4.54 km

363 m

233 m

194 m

Elevation

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Highest point (570 m)

Lowest point (490 m)

Weather

Tuesday 10 November

8°C

2°C

16 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 3.0 km/h

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Comments

August 14, 2025,Drauradweg von Möllbrücke bis Magdalenensee

Not such a good idea when it's over 30 degrees Celsius 🥵 The cycle path along the Drau River is 90% sunny and approximately 50% paved.
But we did see a stork 😊☺️

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September 5, 2024,Alpe Adria - 4. Etappe vom Millstätter See-Villach

Today's day at Lake Millstatt started very nicely. However, after about 10 km we had a climb that was quite tough. A thunderstorm was forecast for the afternoon, so we set off early. When we arrived in Villach, the sun was still shining, so we spontaneously made a detour to Lake Ossiach. You can already see that the high mountains …

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September 23, 2022,Drau von Möllbrücke nach Bf. Föderlach

All in all, a wonderful and not at all strenuous tour. Only the approx. 5 km before and approx. 10 km from Spittal to the A10 Drau bridge were not so great, never on the Drau, always on the road, railway line or motorway.

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May 11, 2024,T3 Drauradweg / Alpe Adria: Spittal an der Drau - Villach

I spontaneously changed my plan and made a detour to Lake Millstadt. Another great day with lots of sun. Only the wind (almost in front of me) was quite cool.
I can definitely recommend the Drau cycle path

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July 7, 2023,Alpe-Adria - Tag 4 Von Seeboden nach Fürnitz

Day 4 of the Alpe-Adria cycle path, we started from Seeboden in the direction of Millstatt am See and then took the Carinthia ferry, which can only take bicycles, to the west bank. From here it should go in the direction of Spitall an der Drau, over a few meters of altitude filled 1000, but there were only 100 meters …

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